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WikiLeaks pledges to release software code of CIA hacking tools to tech firms
WikiLeaks will release to tech firms the software code of CIA hacking tools that were designed to compromise smartphones and other products, the group’s founder said Thursday,...
By Adam Klein
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Trump’s claim of FISA use against him puts focus on spying scope
President Trump’s claim that the Obama administration used a law meant for snooping on foreign agents against him during the presidential campaign has raised new questions abo...
By Adam Klein
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WikiLeaks Dumps CIA Hacking Docs Online
WikiLeaks on Tuesday dumped thousands of classified documents onto the Internet, exposing hacking programs used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The torrent of data is...
By Adam Klein
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Unanswered questions hover over Army drone’s 630-mile odyssey across western US
Mystery shrouds the rogue flight of an Army unmanned surveillance aircraft that was launched from southern Arizona on Jan. 31, flew hundreds of miles independent from human co...
By Paul Scharre
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Coats Stuck in Middle as Trump Takes On Intelligence Agencies
Dan Coats will wade into the middle of a fight when he goes before his former colleagues on the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday for a confirmation hearing to serve as di...
By Adam Klein
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Pentagon mulling split of NSA, Cyber Commandsa
The Pentagon is beginning to assess whether it’s time to split up the leadership of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command. Right now, the two organizations shar...
By Alexandra Sander
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Mattis mulls consolidation in IT, cyber
In the 2016 defense bill, Congress told the Department of Defense to split up its office of Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. Now, the secretary of defense is tasking his...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Stackley gets lead role in transforming defense acquisition
Acting Secretary of the Navy Sean Stackley has taken on an additional role inside the Pentagon – leading the congressionally-mandated transformation of the Department’s acquis...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Center for a New American Security and the Center for the Study of the Drone Release “The Drone Database”
The Center for a New American Security has released The Drone Database, a tool aimed at helping policymakers and the public understand the scope and implications of global dro...
By JaRel Clay
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This Week in Intelligence: Russian Relations
In The News
A panel including Michèle Flournoy, Mike Rogers, and Rep. Adam Schiff discusses the week's news in intelligence on CNN's State of the Union. Topics include the Fort Lauderdale...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Trump poised for cost-cutting battle with defense contractors
President-elect Donald Trump’s preemptive strike on the price tag of two major projects with leading defense contractors has fiscal hawks hopeful the incoming administration c...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Defense companies must go on offense to prove their value
In anticipation of changing leadership in Washington, the stock market has soared higher in recent weeks. Increasing optimism in an economic recovery is bringing more investme...
By Ben FitzGerald
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Report: DOD needs new strategy to regain technological edge
The United States is facing growing cyber and electronic warfare threats, and the Department of Defense needs to develop a new "optionality strategy" in order to regain its te...
By Ben FitzGerald, Alexandra Sander & Jacqueline Parziale
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To Innovate, Hill and DoD Must Get Comfortable With Failure
For the Pentagon to innovate, defense officials and lawmakers have to embrace failures that ultimately sharpen the military’s technological edge. Speaking at the unveiling o...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Report: Strategy, Not Acquisition Reform, Central to Maintain DoD Tech Edge
If the Pentagon wants to maintain a technological edge over near-peer adversaries, it needs to develop a serious strategic plan and not just focus on improving the acquisition...
By Ben FitzGerald, Alexandra Sander & Jacqueline Parziale
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Pentagon taking a more serious look at off-the-shelf technology
It seems rather straightforward: Buy technology that is already available rather than spend money reinventing the wheel. For the Pentagon, this has been easier said than done...
By Ben FitzGerald
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CNAS Releases Report on Ensuring U.S. Military Technical Advantage
Washington, December 14 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Technology and National Security Program has released a new report laying out a fundamentally new strat...
By Neal Urwitz
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CNAS Releases Report Providing a Surveillance Agenda for the Next Administration
Washington, December 12 – With a new administration set to begin in a just over a month, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has released a new report laying out pra...
By Neal Urwitz
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War Game Confirms Major Gaps in U.S. Army’s Cyber Capabilities
U.S. forces participating in a multinational war game were tested with a barrage of cyber attacks, electronic-warfare jamming and drones that confirmed major gaps in capabilit...
By Ben FitzGerald
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DIUX and RCO could get lost in transition
Senior defense officials have said in recent weeks that new programs like the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental and the Rapid Capabilities Office are too mature to be rolle...
By Ben FitzGerald
